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#BD2EFC — Vivid Purple

#BD2EFC is a purple color we call Vivid Purple, closest to the named color BlueViolet (#8A2BE2). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: blueviolet (#8A2BE2) — not an exact match. CSS blueviolet gives you #8A2BE2, a different color; use #BD2EFC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BD2EFC is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #6AFC2C; it also sits naturally between #562CFC and #FC2CD2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BD2EFC · RGB 189, 46, 252

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Color values

HEX#BD2EFC
RGB189, 46, 252
HSL282°, 97%, 58%
HSV282°, 82%, 99%
CMYK25%, 82%, 0%, 1%
XYZ39.53, 19.80, 93.83
Yxy19.80, 0.2581, 0.1293
CIE-Lab51.61, 81.80, -73.75
Hunter Lab44.50, 84.41, -100.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 18% · Blue 99%

Cyan 25% · Magenta 82% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BD2EFC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BD2EFC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BD2EFC

.text { color: #BD2EFC; }
.background { background-color: #BD2EFC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BD2EFC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(189, 46, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(282, 97%, 58%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BD2EFC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(189, 46, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BD2EFC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(189, 46, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BD2EFC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BD2EFC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BD2EFC

#B613FB#A604EC#9503D3#7F03B5#6E029C#5C0283#470264#35014B#20012D#0E0014

Tints of #BD2EFC

#C440FC#CA54FC#CF63FD#D577FD#DB8BFD#E1A0FE#E8B4FE#ECC3FE#F3D7FE#F9EBFF

Tones of #BD2EFC

#B73BED#B14ADE#AB59CF#A667C1#A076B2#9A85A3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6AFC2C:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.23:1 AA large only
Against black text4.96:1 AA

Best text color on #BD2EFC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BD2EFC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BD2EFC: ·

How #BD2EFC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #7F7ECADeuteranopia · #8792BETritanopia · #B6A39A

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BD2EFC rather than the exact color:

Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Cosmic Twilight
#0D2724 · #F9CA1E · #4D44FE · #C52CF9
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Modern Saffron
#331E14 · #35BAFD · #FC46DE · #B235FC
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Misty Ruby Drift
#24160D · #CC2FF8 · #395EF9 · #9A1CFD

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#B931FC#C52CF9#BF2EF0#B235FC#B331F1#CC2FF8#B13BFF#BF27EB#C93DFB#B819FA#C73CEE#B242FE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BD2EFB  ·  #BD2EFD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BD2EFC?

#BD2EFC is Vivid Purple, a purple color (RGB 189, 46, 252). Its closest standard named color is BlueViolet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BD2EFC?

#BD2EFC is RGB 189, 46, 252 — HSL 282°, 97%, 58% — CMYK 25%, 82%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #BD2EFC?

Its complement is #6AFC2C; analogous partners are #562CFC and #FC2CD2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BD2EFC for text?

Black text on #BD2EFC has a contrast ratio of 4.96:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.23:1.